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    <center>M2SCI function</center>
    <div align="right">Last update : 28/10/2004</div>
    <p>
      <b>mtlb_realmax</b> - Matlab realmax emulation function</p>
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      <font color="blue">Description</font>
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    <p>Scilab equivalent for Matlab <tt>
        <b>realmax</b>
      </tt> is
    <tt>
        <b>number_properties</b>
      </tt> but not all cases are implemented:</p>
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        Scilab equivalent for Matlab <tt>
              <b>realmax</b>
            </tt> or
        <tt>
              <b>realmax('double')</b>
            </tt> is <tt>
              <b>number_properties("huge")</b>
            </tt>.
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            </b>
        There is no Scilab equivalent for Matlab <tt>
              <b>realmax('single')</b>
            </tt>
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    <p>
    The function <tt>
        <b>mtlb_realmax(prec)</b>
      </tt> is used by
    <tt>
        <b>mfile2sci</b>
      </tt> to replace <tt>
        <b>realmax(prec)</b>
      </tt> when it was not
    possible to know what was the input while porting Matlab code to Scilab. This function will
    determine the correct semantic at run time. If you want to have a
    more efficient code it is possible to replace <tt>
        <b>mtlb_realmax</b>
      </tt> calls:
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        If <tt>
              <b>prec</b>
            </tt> is equal to <tt>
              <b>"double"</b>
            </tt>
            <tt>
              <b>mtlb_realmax(prec)</b>
            </tt> may be replaced by <tt>
              <b>number_properties("huge")</b>
            </tt>
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    <p>Caution: <tt>
        <b>mtlb_realmax</b>
      </tt> has not to be used for hand coded functions.</p>
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      <font color="blue">See Also</font>
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    <p>
      <a href="../elementary/number_properties.htm">
        <tt>
          <b>number_properties</b>
        </tt>
      </a>,&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
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      <font color="blue">Authors</font>
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        <b></b>V.C.</dd>
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